-en

Meaning

  1. (morpheme) A suffix of verbs in their infinitive form.
  2. (morpheme) A suffix indicating the 1st and 3rd person plural forms (except the present indicative sind of sein).
  3. (morpheme) A suffix appended to strong verb stems to form the past participle, usually together with ge-.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German -en, a merger of various terminations in Old High German reflecting different conjugational patterns, namely -an, -ōn, -en (-ien), and -nen, from Proto-Germanic *-aną, *-ōną, *-janą, *-āną, and *-naną.

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